Sustainable Resources
Science News and Research Sites
Bibliography
You will be using http://www.noodletools.com to keep track of your sources.
Databases
BC Digital Classroom Resources
https://focusedresources.ca/en/bc-digital-classroom-access
Many of the resources below are available through this landing page
Username: pcslibrary
Password: the usual one
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Username: pcslibrary2
The password is the usual one.
Environmental Studies in Context
https://go-gale-com.bc.idm.oclc.org/ps/start.do?p=GRNR&u=bcdc&aty=ip
Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, and news.
Username: pcslibrary
Password: the usual one - ask your Librarian
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/dispBasicSearch.do?userGroupName=pcslibrary&prodId=SCIC
Science In Context is an engaging online resource providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative, curriculum-aligned reference content with headlines and videos, Science In Context draws students into the subject matter, showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.
Username: pcslibrary
Password: the usual one - ask your Librarian
http://find.galegroup.com/gic/start.do?prodId=GIC&userGroupName=pcslibrary
Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information. Rich multimedia - i
ncluding podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal. Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database.
Username: pcslibrary
Password: the usual one - ask your Librarian
http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=CIC&u=pcslibrary
Canada In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a broad range of Canadian topics, people, places, and events. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content, written from a Canadian perspective, with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Username: pcslibrary
Password: the usual one - ask your Librarian
https://www.worldbookonline.com/home/
Username: pcslibrary
Password: the usual one - ask your Librarian
Online Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Earth, an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, expert-reviewed collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and are useful to students, educators, scholars, and professionals, as well as to the general public.
Water
First Nations Communities:
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1100100034879/1521124927588
The Council of Canadians
https://canadians.org/fn-water/
The Indigenous Foundation
The Water Crisis in Canada's First Nations Communities
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/52a5610cca604175b8fb35bccf165f96
US National Library of Medicine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967713/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27693149/
Water First
Map of long-term drinking water advisories on reserves
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1620925418298/1620925434679
Stats Canada: Environment
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/environment
Water
https://www.statcan.gc.ca/search/results/site-search?fq=stclac:2&q=Water&wb-srch-sub=
Scientific Date: Canada Sioure Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada's municipal water supply
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02732-9
University Affairs: Canada's Troubled Waters
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/canadas-troubled-waters/
MacDonald Laurier Institute: Overview of Water Delivery Systems
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/overview-of-water-delivery-systems-and-barriers-to-provision/
The State of Community Water Fluoridation across Canada
Water Canada
Water and the Environment
Health in a Changing Climate: Water Quality, Quantity, and Security
https://changingclimate.ca/health-in-a-changing-climate/chapter/7-0/
Water Security for Canadians
Canada's Groundwater
By Region of Canada Water
Alberta
https://environment.alberta.ca/apps/regulateddwq/Faqs.aspx
British Columbia
https://waterbc.ca/about/waterinbc/
Manitoba
https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/water/drinking-water/system_data/index.html
New Brunswick
https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/elg/environment/content/water.html
Newfoundland and Labrador
https://www.gov.nl.ca/hcs/publichealth/envhealth/drinkingwater/
North West Territories
https://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/en/services/drinking-water-nwt
Nova Scotia
https://centreforwaterresourcesstudies.dal.ca/projects
https://www.novascotia.ca/nse/water/publicwater.municipal.supply.asp
Halifax: https://www.halifaxwater.ca/protected-water-areas
Nunavut
https://assembly.nu.ca/sites/default/files/2023-05/GN-DrinkingWaterStrategy_2023-04-06%20FINAL.pdf
Ontario
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministers-annual-report-drinking-water-2023
Prince Edward Island
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/drinking-water
Quebec
https://www.environnement.gouv.qc.ca/eau/potable/index-en.htm
https://www.quebec.ca/en/agriculture-environment-and-natural-resources/drinking-water
https://www.naylornetwork.com/cww-nwl/articles/index-v3.asp?aid=557835&issueID=65766
Saskatchewan
https://www.wsask.ca/water-info/drinking-water/
https://www.wsask.ca/about/publications/drinking-water-annual-report/
Yukon
https://yukon.ca/en/overarching-yukon-source-water-supply-and-protection-study-summary-report
https://yukon.ca/en/water-quality-monitoring
https://yukonwater.ca/water-and-you/yukon-water-strategy/priorities/safe-drinking-water/
Forests
Portal Websites
Canadian Forestry Links
http://www.magma.ca/%7Eevb/forest.html
Canadian Forests
http://www.canadian-forests.com/
Forest Policy Network
http://www.sfu.ca/igs/forpol.html
The Green Pages/Forestry
http://www.thegreenpages.org/link_directory/forestry.asp
UBC Forestry Links
http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/links.htm
Government Websites
Canadian Forest Service
http://www.pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/
BC Ministry of Forests
http://www.gov.bc.ca/bvprd/bc/channel.do?action=ministry&channelID=-8385&navId=NAV_ID_province
Forest Service Plan
http://www.bcbudget.gov.bc.ca/2005/sp/for/default.htm
Ministry of Sustainable Resources
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/inter/index.html
Activist Websites
BC Wildlife Federation
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
David Suzuki Foundation/Forests and Wild Lands
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Forests/
Forest Action Network
http://www.fanweb.org/index.html
Friends of Clayquot Sound
http://www.ancientrainforest.org/
Great Bear Rainforest
http://www.savethegreatbear.org/
Green Peace
Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org/info_center/gbr_anniversity.html
Sierra Club of Canada
Tiaga Rescue Network
Wilderness Committee
http://www.wildernesscommittee.org/
Association Websites
Canadian Forest Service
http://www.pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/
Council of Forest Industries
Canadian Lumbermen’s Association
Association of BC Professional Foresters
Forestry Alliance of BC
Commercial Websites
Ainsworth Lumber
http://www.ainsworth.ca/index.html
Ara Sales Co.
Backwoods Forest Management
http://www.island.net/~backlund/back-fm.htm
Pacific Regeneration Technologies Inc.
Interfor—International Forestry Products
Tsuga Forestry Services
West Frazer Timber
http://www.westfrasertimber.ca/index.asp
Western Forest Products
Weyerhaeuser Ltd.
First Nations Websites
Assembly of First Nations
Aboriginal Links
http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborcan.htm
First Nations Forestry Programme
http://fnfp.gc.ca/newsite/index.shtml
First Nations Environmental Network
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Electronic Waste
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/electronic-waste/
The Digital Dump Infographic
http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1010/digital-dump/flat.html
Silvaculture Project
Online Resources
The following sites may be helpful:
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/dqc/Silviculture.htm
https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/silviculture/index.htm
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/publications/00085/silvsystemshdbk-web.pdf
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/publications/00099/
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/training/00014/
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/silstrat/
http://www.fao.org/docrep/w3646e/w3646e0a.htm#silviculture prescriptions
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR_E005378.pdf
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/publications/00131/
http://www.borealforest.org/nwgloss.htm
http://www.worksafebc.com/publications/health_and_safety/by_topic/assets/pdf/grapple_yarder.pdf
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/silviculture/discussion_paper/SilvicultureDiscussionPaper-FINAL.pdf
PowerPoint Rubric Prezi Rubric
PowerpointEvaluationRubric.docPrezi_Rubric.pdf